² But if you are refusing to release and you still are keeping hold of them, ³ look, the hand of Yahweh is about to be present with a very severe^[a] plague on your livestock that are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the cattle, and on the sheep and goats. ⁴ But Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, and not a thing will die from all that belongs to the Israelites.’”^[b]